# Ingar Zach > Ingar Zach ## Posts - [Two new albums](https://ingarzach.com/two-new-albums/): I am pleased to announce two new albums coming: - [Liquid Body](https://ingarzach.com/liquid-body/): New project with dance artist Siri Jøntvedt is in the making for Dansens Hus/Ultima festival 2024. - [The Vibrating Drum](https://ingarzach.com/the-vibrating-drum/): My artistic research project The Vibrating Drum – developing a practice for the modern percussionist, is now online. Please have a look and hope you enjoy. - [Strumento di etimo incerto](https://ingarzach.com/strumento-di-etimo-incerto/): I am very excited to announce my second solo album documenting my artistic research project, The Vibrating Drum. “Strumento di etimo incerto” is going to be out on the Belgian label, Aspen Edities on the 21st of April. Hope you like it ! - [Musica liquida](https://ingarzach.com/musica-liquida/): I am very happy to announce my new solo album “Musica liquida” on SOFA MUSIC. This is my first audio documentation of my ongoing artistic research project at the Academy of Music in Oslo. The project is called The Vibrating Drum and you can read more about it here. The album will be out on the 14th of October and available through SOFA MUSIC and bandcamp. - [New release - LOOPER - Ljubljana.](https://ingarzach.com/new-release-looper-ljubljana/): Hi there, Nikos Veliotis, Martin Küchen and myself have just released a new album as the trio LOOPER. It is a live performance in 2014 at the Neposlušno/Sound Disobedience festival, Španski borci in Ljubljana, Slovenia.Please support the great label ScatterArchive by purchasing this album and others on their bandcamp site. - [NEW ALBUM and PODCAST](https://ingarzach.com/new-album-and-podcast/): Hi there.A short update from me announcing the new album which will be released on the great label Aspen Edities on the 20th of May. LINUS + Økland/Van Heertum/Zach – Light as never. And a podcast in the series Soundmaking is available here, where I talk about my work with Michele Rabbia and our album, Musique pour deux corps. - [](https://ingarzach.com/938-2/): OUT ON NOVEMBER 12th on SOFA MUSIC. Ingar Zach/Michele Rabbia – Musique pour deux corps - [Ingar Zach + Ensemble Musikfabrik - Parts Of The Horse Are Notably Present.](https://ingarzach.com/ingar-zach-ensemble-musikfabrik-parts-of-the-horse-are-notably-present/): Here is the live concert from Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in Oslo 18/9-21. Thanks to all the musicians and crew and organizers in Bergen, Trondheim, Oslo and Cologne for making this happen. - [Long time](https://ingarzach.com/long-time/): Dear all, sorry for the silence, but there has been a gap of activity in general due to you-know-what. I am still working, producing music, and very into my artistic research project; The Vibrating Drum. I will be updating more with texts and videos on that specific project before summer.– A new album with my duo with Michele Rabbia is in the making. Will be out on SOFA MUSIC in October, followed by some concerts.– Composing for Ludus Gravis, Kenneth Karlsson and hoping that my piece for Ensemble Musikfabrik finally will be performed in September at the Ultima festival, in […] - [NEW HUNTSVILLE ALBUM OUT NOW !](https://ingarzach.com/new-huntsville-album-out-now/) - [DANS LES ARBRES new album on Bandcamp from 1st of April](https://ingarzach.com/dans-les-arbres-new-album-on-bandcamp-from-1st-of-april/): Dear all, we might not be able to play concerts these days, but we still make music. Check out Dans les arbres third album within a year: “Live in Tokyo” with the fantastic Yumiko Tanaka as guest. “Live in Tokyo” is recorded from a live concert in 2013. It’s available on our Bandcamp site from 1st of April. Enjoy ! In the pipeline is also a long awaited new album from Huntsville. The new album was recorded back in 2010 in Wilco studio in Chicago and will be out on HUBRO before summer featuring; Nels Cline, Glenn Kotche, Darin Gray […] - [STAY INSIDE !](https://ingarzach.com/stay-inside/): Yes, it is the only right thing to do to stop the virus from spreading. All my concerts are cancelled until May. I am staying at home with my family, composing, eating, sleeping and doing yoga. Hang in there everyone ! Hugs from Madrid - [2020](https://ingarzach.com/2020-2/): Exciting projects coming up in 2020: Tour in Australia in January with my trio O3 and Aviva Endean. We are artists in residence at the MONA FOMA festival in Tasmania. Playing with Kim Myhr’s YOU|ME at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, USA in march. Composing a new piece for Ensemble Musikfabrik. Premiere at Ultima Festival in Oslo in September. - [DANS LES ARBRES ON BANDCAMP, TOUR AND SOFA LABEL NIGHT 25 NOVEMBER IN OSLO](https://ingarzach.com/dans-les-arbres-on-bandcamp-tour-and-sofa-label-night-25-november-in-oslo/) - [Autumn](https://ingarzach.com/autumn/): Dear all. Autumn is here and more concerts with Kim Myhr and the wonderful YouIMe project are in the pipeline. I am touring with Dans les arbres with our new album, “Volatil” (SOFA), out 18th of October, in Mexico and France in september and november. My duo with Michele Rabbia is doing concerts in Switzerland, Italy and Spain in October. In addition to my concert activity, I have just finished my first string quartet for the great Quatuor Bozzini. Its called “Between Things” and will hopefully premiered next year. Stay tuned here for more info. The rest of 2019 and […] - [New album out 29th of March !](https://ingarzach.com/new-album-out-29th-of-march/): My new album on SOFA, “floating layer cake”, is going to be released the 29th of March. It features two compositions of mine; “The Lost Ones”, featuring Quatuor Bozzini, Kim Myhr and Caroline Bergvall and “Let the snare speak”. Check it out ! - [Two new albums this autumn !](https://ingarzach.com/two-new-albums-this-autumn/):          Two new albums are coming out this autumn. Kim Myhr’s – Pressing clouds passing crowds (HUBRO) featuring Quatuor Bozzini, Caroline Bergvall and myself. And the first album with my duo percussion/electronics collaboration with the great Michele Rabbia – so-nó-ro (Camjazz). Fear of the object – TBA (Substrata) featuring Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen and myself will also be out in November following a short tour in Mexico. Stay tuned for release dates ! Other releases planned for early 2019 are: Ingar Zach – floating layer cake (SOFA) featuring Caroline Bergvall, Quatuor Bozzini & Kim Myhr. Caroline Bergvall – Drift (Grappa) […] - [Ingar Zach I Speak Percussion - Before Nightfall One soon out !](https://ingarzach.com/ingar-zach-i-speak-percussion-before-nightfall-one-soon-out/):   A new album of mine with Eugene and Matthias in Speak Percussion is going to be out late august on SOFA MUSIC, BUT there will be a pre-release concert in Melbourne on the 25th of June featuring Dans les arbres and Speak Percussion. For those of you who will be in Melbourne that day, you’ll be able to purchase this  album. - [NEWS !](https://ingarzach.com/news/): Hi all, and first of all sorry for the long absence, but here is a list of my past activities and activities to come. – Upcoming concerts with O3 at Ensems Festival in Valencia and Only Connect Festival in Oslo in april/may and two concerts in Metz and Geneva late september. – Still touring with my solo-project around Europe in addition to a concert in Melbourne, Australia on the 17th of june. Updates of live-performances are to be found on this website. – Dans les arbres tour coming up in Australia/New Zealand in June. – New albums in the pipeline […] - [Kim Myhr - You I Me + Erik Honoré - Unrest](https://ingarzach.com/kim-myhr-you-i-me/):                       I’m happy to announce Kim Myhr’s forthcoming album; You I Me on Hubro. I’m playing various snares, percussion and electronics on this delightful album. Tony Buck and Hans Hulbækmo also plays various drums & percussion here in addition to millions of guitars by mr. Myhr himself. You shouldn’t miss this ! Also Erik Honoré’s second album for Hubro, Unrest is out now. The album comprises a set of beautiful pieces, as was the case with Heliographs. I’m very honored to be part of this release too with such a great bunch […] - [Handful of things...](https://ingarzach.com/handful-of-things/):     Hi all ! Back on track after summer holidays, there are a handful of releases coming up which im involved in. Here are two of them. More info coming soon ! – Release late september on the new belgium label Aspen Edities is the group LINUS + Økland/Van Heertum/Zach – Mono no aware. A tour with this line-up coming up in Holland/Belgium at the end of the month. – The ensemble O3 featuring Alessandra Rombolá, Esteban Algora and myself will release our second album, Trashumancia on SOFA the 20th of October. Check it out here ! - [NEW ALBUM OUT ON ILK-MUSIC !!](https://ingarzach.com/new-album-out-on-ilk-music/): Hello all ! I am super happy to contribute on this impressive luxurious release on the danish label ILK. Omdrejninger is a project with different line-ups, directed by the two respectable gentlemen Mark Solborg and Christian Skjødt. In addition to Solborg and Skjødt and myself, Axel Dörner is adding his unique contribution to one half of this production. Check out a video here ! It’s available on LP/CD and download + some other goodies :))) ENJOY !   - [News and new album with Agustí Fernández Celebration Ensemble](https://ingarzach.com/news-and-new-album-with-agusti-fernandez-celebration-ensemble/): Hello all. Letting you know about summer activities. Festival gigs in Copenhagen and Antwerpen and two new recordings with Ruben Machtelinckx Ensemble and the project DRIFT with Caroline Bergvall. More information here about these activities. I am also composing a new piece for Speak Percussion from Melbourne and for the ARá duo from Spain. AND, just released on the polish label Słuchaj; Agustí Fernández Celebration Ensemble. Check it out ! - [Australia and new Dans les arbres album !](https://ingarzach.com/australia-and-new-dans-les-arbres-album/): I just came back from a wonderful short trip to Australia, playing solo concerts in Hobart, Tasmania, Sydney and Perth. I really enjoyed the little set with Jim Denley, Cor Fuhler and Melanie Herbert at the NOWNOW festival in Sydney. In Melbourne I started a project with the wonderful guys in Speak Percussion duo, a great review of our concert here. I hope to work more with them in the future. In february I’ll continue my solo tour of 2017 with performances in Barcelona and Castellón in Spain. The new and long awaited Dans les arbres album, Phosphorescence (HUBRO) will be […] - [End of the year](https://ingarzach.com/end-of-the-year-2/): Another year has passed and 2016 and I’ve been fortunate to continue my work with my ensembles and to pursue my work as a soloist. At the end of the year I participated on the release, On Anodyne featuring Batagraf and Trondheim Voices. 2017 is looking promising. I am starting the new year with a small tour in Australia, featuring a collaboration with the fantastic Speak Percussion duo in Melbourne. I will also do solo concerts in Hobart, Sydney and Perth. Then I have solo performances coming up in Spain, France, Germany and Norway during the spring. Dans les arbres […] - [Le stanze out on SOFA 7th of october](https://ingarzach.com/new-solo-album-coming-on-sofa/): Dear all, my new solo album “Le stanze” is ready for release on LP/CD and digital download on the 7th of October. Check it out on the SOFA website. It can be ordered directly from the SOFA website or purchased digitally from Phonofile. Check out the longest track on the album here. - [New solo online](https://ingarzach.com/new-solo-online/): Dear all. A new solo performance has been uploaded from my concert in Santa Cruz, Tenerife 29th of april. The sound quality is not a 100% but its ok considering its just a mic on a camera. Hope you like it, have a look. - [Composing and studying](https://ingarzach.com/composing-and-studying/): Hello all, and happy 2016. After a very nice silent movie project at the Tromsø International filmfestival and a great concert with Dans les arbres at Dark Music Days in Reykjavik, Iceland, I look forward to be working on my two new solo albums, recording projects with Caroline Bergvalls DRIFT, Miguel Angel Tolosa, Raul Fernandez Miró  and a new project with Kim Myhr, Miguel Angel Tolosa, Morten Olsen and Sofia Jernberg. Composing projects coming up for the performance group Stella Polaris, the catalan/italian duo ARá and constructing a new piece with Caroline Bergvall. Next concert will be on the 29th […] - [Inside the inside](https://ingarzach.com/inside-the-inside/): I am happy to announce that my piece, “Inside the inside” for Vertixe Sonora Ensemble was premiered at Vertixe Vigo festival in Galicia, Spain on the 22nd of November. Hopefully this would be a beginning of a life for this piece. I wish to thank Vertixe Sonora for their work in commisioning and performing the piece.   - [NEW SOLO PIECE: "TRIANGLE" out on OTOROKU, Cafe Oto onlineshop](https://ingarzach.com/new-solo-piece-triangle-out-on-otoroku-cafe-oto-onlineshop/): There is a new solopiece by me available for digital download here, taken from a solo gig at Cafe Oto in London last year. Hope you’ll enjoy it !   - [Dans les arbres nomination for the Nordic Council Music Prize !](https://ingarzach.com/dans-les-arbres-nomination-for-the-nordic-council-music-prize/): Dans les arbres has been nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize for 2015 ! Read more about it here. - [New album with Glück out on Mikroton](https://ingarzach.com/new-album-with-glu%cc%88ck-out-on-mikroton/): The first release of the percussion quintett, Glück is now out on Mikroton recordings. Check it out! - [LabField and Huntsville albums out now on Hubro !](https://ingarzach.com/labfield-and-huntsville-albums-out-now-on-hubro/):                Two new albums by LabField and Huntsville are now available on the norwegian label Hubro. Go and check them out HERE ! - [Miguel Angel Tolosa](https://ingarzach.com/miguel-angel-tolosa/):                   Two new releases are available in January. Both albums shows my collaboration with the great Miguel Angel Tolosa. Our first, but not last, duo album, “Loner” (SOFA 545) is out on SOFA by the end of the month. And Miguel Angels beautiful solo album, “Haereo” on Mystery Sea records is finally out, and I am fortunate to contribute on one track. Enjoy ! - [End of the year](https://ingarzach.com/end-of-the-year/): A small portrait of me is to be heard here on Norwegian radio NRK P2. (Norwegian only….sorry).   It’s the end of the year, a year filled with many musical highlights such as: – Performances with the new project; “Two Hundred and Forty” with MURAL and videoartist Kjell Bjørgeengen. – The great England tour with Caroline Bergvall and Thomas Köppel performing DRIFT. – The lovely USA tour with Dans les arbres in November, finding new directions in our music. Next year is looking promising. – My first composition for the ensemble Vertixe Sonora from Galicia, Spain will be my main […] - [Autumn news](https://ingarzach.com/autumnnews/): – Dear all. In september MURAL with Kjell Bjørgeengen will perform three shows in Paris, Geneva and Metz. I hope some of you manage to come out and see this special project. More info to be found in my concert calendar. – The project “DRIFT” is heading out on a tour in England during the first week of October. Also I am doing a solo gig at Cafe Oto on the 5th of October, sharing the night with the great Vilde & Inga duo. Hope to see you there ! – It looks like its going to be a busy […] - [Autumn 2014](https://ingarzach.com/autumn-2014/): September is here and after a long relaxing summer, my activities are picking up again. Please log into the concert schedule for an update. – Two new releases are being presented at the Punkt festival in Kristiansand in Norway the first weekend of september: Erik Honoré’s great debut cd on Hubro which I have contributed on some tracks. Mural’s – Tempera, a limited cd release on www.con-v.org (60 copies only !!!!)   - [Spring](https://ingarzach.com/spring/): Spring is here, and time has passed since my last update. There has been lots of things happening since the Japan tour with Huntsville in february. – Dans les arbres has been working with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble. A fruitful collaboration resulting in two concerts in Moss and Oslo. DLA also participated in the Symposium at The Music Academy in Oslo. A very nice gathering of people and interesting presentation of different groups working with improvisation in various forms. -I’ve done several solo concerts, and I am still working on various solo recordings for both SOFA and other labels. Stay […] - [Huntsville, Japantour](https://ingarzach.com/huntsville-japantour/): A great experience as always being on tour with my friends in Huntsville, and always a pleasure to visit Japan. This time we played new music to Aki Kaurismaekis silent film; Juha. A dark film, which suits our music well, and it also gave us a chance to explore new material in the trio. Thanks Japan and thanks Aki. Thanks also to Tom Ohsawa for setting up the tour. Looking forward to next time. - [NEW SOLO VIDEO !](https://ingarzach.com/new-solo-video/): Take a look at this new solo video from French Radio. - [Australia done, Japan next !](https://ingarzach.com/australia-done-is-japan-next-2/): The Australia tour with MURAL and our new collaborator, Kjell Bjørgeengen on live video, was a real treat for me. This photo is taken from our 4 hour performance at the MONA FOMA festival in Hobart, Tasmania. Fantastic venue !   - [Summary 2013](https://ingarzach.com/summary-2013/): – 2013 has been an eventful year. I have had time to do research and to compose music for my new solo album which will come out in the autumn next year. I’ve had the pleasure of developing my solo project alongside the great Miguel Angel Tolosa. Eventually our collaboration will also culminate in an album during the year. – Dans les arbres has had two great tours in Japan and Australia in 2013. We’ve also started doing an electronic version of the ensemble, and also managed to record  material for a new album. Next year also looks promising with […] ## Pages - [Projects](https://ingarzach.com/projects/): Ingar Zach solo Dans les arbres (feat. Ingar Zach,Ivar Grydeland, Christian Wallumrød and Xavier Charles). Huntsville (feat. Ingar Zach, Ivar Grydeland and Tonny Kluften) Mural (feat. Ingar Zach, Jim Denley and Kim Myhr) Looper (feat. Ingar Zach, Nikos Veliotis and Martin Kúchen) Glúck (feat. Ingar Zach, Burkhard Beins, Michael Vorveld, Enrico Malatesta and Christian Wolfahrt) O3 (feat. Ingar Zach, Alessandra Rombolá and Esteban Algora) Fear of the object (feat. Ingar Zach, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen) LabField (feat. Ingar Zach, David Stackenás and Giuseppe Ielasi) Semiosi (feat. Michele Rabbia & Ingar Zach) SNØ (feat. Ingar Zach, Frederic Blondy, Espen Reinertsen and […] - [Contact](https://ingarzach.com/contact/): For questions and further information, please send me a message using: ingar(at)sofamusic(dot)no - [Sound / Video](https://ingarzach.com/sound-video/) - [Discography](https://ingarzach.com/discography/): 2025 Mark Solborg, Susana Santos Silva, Simon Toldam & Ingar Zach – Confluencia (ILK) Poor Isa + Evan Parker/Ingar Zach – (Aspen Edities) Jan Bang & Arve Henriksen – After the Wildfire (Punkt Editions) 2024 Peder Simonsen & Jo David Meyer Lysne – Spektralmaskin (SOFA) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Andrea Giordano – Àlea (SOFA) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fear of the object – Leaves never fall in vain (True Blanking) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dans les arbres – L’album vert (Aspen Edities) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2023 Ingar Zach – Strumento di etimo incerto (Aspen Edities) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fear of the object (SOFA/True Blanking) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2022 Ingar Zach – Musica liquida (SOFA) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […] - [Downloads](https://ingarzach.com/downloads/): Photos by Ariele Monti - [Concert calendar](https://ingarzach.com/concert-calendar/): 2026 February 26 – I.Z. w/Mark Solborg & Susana Santos Silva @ ILK Sessions/Basement in Copenhagen, Denmark (Vinterjazz 2026). 27 – I.Z. w/Mark Solborg, Susana Santos Silva & Simon Toldam @ Alt R Jazz in Aarhus, Denmark  (Vinterjazz 2026). March 6 – MOONRASH (I.Z. + Michele Rabbia & Nathalie Forget) @ Le Triton in Paris, France. 8 – MOONRASH @ Area Sismica in Forli, Italy. 28 – I.Z. solo @ Hiddenbell Percussion Nights/Kunstraum Walcheturm in Zurich, Switzerland. April 10 – Fear Of The Object @ Vårriss Festivalen/NyMusikk Østfold in Moss, Norway. 11 – Fear Of The Object @ Kunstnernes Hus/Improverk […] - [Home](https://ingarzach.com/) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)